Posts About "Stephane Da Costa"
5 Forgotten NHLers Tearing Up the KHL
January 19th, 2015 The NHL is the most talented hockey league in the world, but it is far from the only professional league. In a recent article The Hockey Writers Chau Vo ranked the KHL as the second best-league in the world. Many players have made the move from the NHL to the KHL after failing to have sustained success in the National Hockey League....
How the Ottawa Senators Can Build a Playoff Team
June 2nd, 2014 The Ottawa Senators have generally been a solid puck possession franchise since the arrival of Paul MacLean as head coach from the Detroit Red Wings. Over the past three seasons the Senators have ranked seventh in the National Hockey League with a CORSI FOR of 52.6% at even strength. This ranks them behind only St. Louis (52.9%),...
Penguins' Keys to Taking a Series Lead Against Senators
April 30th, 2014 The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins arguably surpassed expectations in the first two games of their Eastern Conference quarterfinals series against the Binghamton Senators. Instead of being blown out by the Sens, the Pens split two overtime games and now own home-ice advantage for Wednesday and Friday. In order to take the series...
Hershey Bears Weekly: Playoff Push
April 10th, 2014 The Hershey Bears (37-25-4-4) are feeling pretty good about their play of late. They’ve won five straight games and their defense has substantially improved, up to 11th in the league, allowing 2.79 goals per game. However, Hershey’s last three victories all came against teams that are currently out of the playoffs. What’s...
AHL Power Rankings Week 16
January 20th, 2014 This week, competition for spots in the AHL Power Rankings was fierce. Several teams scored out the same way, as even previous bottom-feeders showed signs of life to move up, including one Western Conference squad who looked to be in the middle of the pack. Even the race to the AHL basement had to be carefully considered. But...
Explaining the Senators 'No-Goal' Call in Montreal
February 4th, 2013 After a 5-1-1 start, the Ottawa Senators suffered a bit of a setback over the weekend, falling to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday by a score of 1-0, and dropping a 2-1 decision on Sunday at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens. These two contests marked games 2 & 3 without Jason Spezza (back) in the lineup, and clearly the club...
